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authorChristian Soffke <christian.soffke@gmail.com>2021-03-17 12:27:57 +0100
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Manual: update description of Current Playlist menu options
- note that availability of options depends on player state - present options that only insert tracks separately from those that also remove tracks - add short intro for the latter. Change-Id: Ie99ef7dff77da0cb136c761da1c11f83936f86f5
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ To create a playlist containing some or all of the music on your \dap{}, you can
80The \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} is a submenu in the \setting{Context Menu} (see 80The \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} is a submenu in the \setting{Context Menu} (see
81\reference{ref:Contextmenu}), it allows you to put tracks into a 81\reference{ref:Contextmenu}), it allows you to put tracks into a
82``dynamic playlist''. The place in which the newly 82``dynamic playlist''. The place in which the newly
83selected tracks are added to the playlist is determined by the following 83selected tracks are added to the playlist is determined by these
84options: 84options:
85 85
86\begin{description} 86\begin{description}
@@ -94,15 +94,23 @@ have not been added yet, immediately after the currently playing track.
94\item [Insert Shuffled.] Add track(s) to the playlist at random positions. 94\item [Insert Shuffled.] Add track(s) to the playlist at random positions.
95 95
96\item [Insert Last Shuffled.] Add tracks in a random order to the end of the playlist. 96\item [Insert Last Shuffled.] Add tracks in a random order to the end of the playlist.
97\end{description}
98
99If you want the existing playlist entries to first be removed before
100selected tracks are inserted, the following two options will achieve that effect.
101They are also available when playback is stopped, whereas the rest of the options
102require music to be playing or paused.
97 103
98\item [Clear List \& Play Next.] Replace all tracks in the dynamic playlist. 104\begin{description}
99If a track is currently playing, it is only removed once it’s finished playing. 105\item [Clear List \& Play Next.] Replace all entries in the dynamic playlist with
106selected tracks. If a track is currently playing, it will be removed once it’s
107finished playing.
100 108
101\item [Clear List \& Play Shuffled.] Replace dynamic playlist with selected tracks 109\item [Clear List \& Play Shuffled.] Similar, except tracks are added in random order.
102in random order. Available, if playback is stopped. 110Only available when playback is stopped.
103\end{description} 111\end{description}
104 112
105There are also options for adding tracks only temporarily to the dynamic playlist. 113Another possibility is to add tracks \emph{temporarily} to the dynamic playlist.
106In Rockbox’s parlance, this is called queuing. Queued tracks are automatically 114In Rockbox’s parlance, this is called queuing. Queued tracks are automatically
107removed from the playlist after they have been played. They are also not saved 115removed from the playlist after they have been played. They are also not saved
108to the playlist file (see \reference{ref:playlistoptions}). 116to the playlist file (see \reference{ref:playlistoptions}).